| Top Bushisms in the Category of: Geographically & Culturally Challenged | |
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| 1. | "Keep good relations with the Grecians." - George W. Bush, quoted in the Economist, June 12, 1999 | ||
| 2. | "Kosovians can move back in." - George W. Bush, Inside Politics, CNN, April 9, 1999 | ||
| 3. | "If the East Timorians decide to revolt, I'm sure I'll have a statement." - George W. Bush, quoted by Maureen Dowd in the New York Times, June 16, 1999 | ||
| 4. | "I would have my secretary of treasury be in touch with the financial centers, not only here but at home." - George W. Bush, Boston, Oct. 3, 2000 | ||
| 5. | "I was raised in the West. The west of TX It's pretty close to California. In more ways than Washington, DC, is close to California. " - George W. Bush, quoted by the Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2000 | ||
| 6. | "And today, I'm informing the prime minister that we're
lifting the travel ban on Turkey." - George W. Bush, Press conference
with Turkish prime minister, Jan. 17, 2002 --Which would have been a good thing if their had been a travel ban on Turkey in the first place. |
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| 7. | "To help displaced workers around this part of the world
-- to help those who want to help themselves find the training necessary
to allow them to learn new skills to find work again." - George W.
Bush, Town Hall Meeting in Orlando, Dec. 4, 2001 --The "part of the world" mentioned above is Florida. |
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| 8. | "We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, and we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease." - George W. Bush, Warsaw, Poland, June 15, 2001 | ||
| 9. | "Most people in Arkansas know where TX is, and all the people in TX know where Arkansas is." - George W. Bush, Little Rock, Mar. 1, 2001 -- Insulting Arkansas in front of a group of Arkansas schoolchildren. | ||
| 10. | "I assured the prime minister of Canada that my vision of the hemisphere goes both north and south." - George W. Bush, talking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Feb. 13, 2001 | ||
| 11. | "The only thing I know about Slovakia is what I learned first-hand from your foreign minister, who came to TX." - George W. Bush, June 22, 1999 -- Bush's meeting was with Janez Drnovsek, the prime minister of Slovenia. | ||
| 12. | "Vice President mentioned Nigeria is a fledgling democracy. We have to work with Nigeria. That's an important continent." - George W. Bush, Presidential debate, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Oct. 11, 2000 | ||
| 13. | "I've supported the administration in Columbia. I think it's important for us to be training Columbians in that part of the world. The hemisphere is in our interest to have a peaceful Columbia." - George W. Bush, Presidential debate, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Oct. 11, 2000 | ||
| 14. | "The people who care more about that land are the hard-working farmers and ranchers of your part of the state of Washington, DC." - George W. Bush, speaking in Spokane, Washington, September, 2000 | ||
| 15. | "Because the picture on the newspaper. It just seems so un-American to me, the picture of the guy storming the house with a scared little boy there. I talked to my little brother, Jeb--I haven't told this to many people. But he's the governor of--I shouldn't call him my little brother--my brother, Jeb, the great governor of TX JIM LEHRER: Florida. DUBYA: Florida. The state of the Florida." - George W. Bush on The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer, PBS, April 27, 2000 | ||
| 16. | "I asked the [Pima] County [AZ] commissioner... I said,
has the response been good? His first, right off, he said, [Senator] McCain
and [Representative] Kolbe have been incredibly responsive to the people
of this part of the world." - George W. Bush, Summerhaven, AZ, Aug.
11, 2003 -- By "this part of the world", Dubya means "AZ" |
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| 17. | "But we've got a big border in TX, with Mexico, obviously
-- and we've got a big border with Canada -- AZ is affected." - George
W. Bush, Washington, DC, Jun. 24, 2004 -- No matter how you slice it, this statement is geographically challenged |
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| 18. | "I think I've answered the question, and yes, [Arnold
Schwarzenegger] would be a good governor, as would others running for governor
of California. Like you, I'm most interested in seeing how the process evolves.
It's a fascinating bit of political drama evolving in the state -- in the
country's largest state." - George W. Bush, Crawford, TX, Aug. 13,
2003 -- Alaska is the country's largest state, followed by TX (Dubya's state), followed by California |
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| 19. | "I appreciate so very much the Prime Minister, Jean Chretien,
for joining us here. He has been a steadfast friend. I really enjoy dealing
with him on a personal basis. He's a plain-spoken fellow, with a good sense
of humor. Probably won't go too good up here in Canada, but he'd be a great
Texan." - George W. Bush, Detroit, Michigan, Sep. 2, 2002 -- It would go even better if he were in Canada... |
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| 20. | "They wear boots in other places." - George W. Bush,
Barbara Walters interview, Dec. 4, 2001 -- Dubya exhibiting vast knowledge of the customs and cultures outside of TX |
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| 21. | DUBYA: "So what state is Wales in?" CHURCH: "It's a separate country next to England." DUBYA: "Oh, okay." -- Exchange between Dubya and Welsh teenage singing sensation Charlotte Church, as reported in MSNBC, Oct. 31, 2001 |
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| 22. | "Border relations between Canada and Mexico have never
been better." - George W. Bush, Washington, DC, Sep. 24, 2001 -- In press conference with Canadian PM, and apparently forgetting about the country wedged between Canada and Mexico |
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| 23. | "Vice President mentioned Nigeria is a fledgling democracy.
We have to work with Nigeria. That's an important continent." - George
W. Bush, Presidential debate, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Oct. 11, 2000 |
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| 24. | "I've supported the administration in Colombia. I think
it's important for us to be training Colombians in that part of the world.
The hemisphere is in our interest to have a peaceful Colombia." - George
W. Bush, Presidential debate, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Oct. 11, 2000 |
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| 25. | "I believe that a prosperous, democratic Pakistan will be a steadfast partner for America, a peaceful neighbor for India, and a force for freedom and moderation in the Arab world." - George W. Bush, mistakenly identifying Pakistan as an Arab country, Islamabad, Pakistan, March 3, 2006 | ||
| 26. | "After all, Europe is America's closest ally." - George W. Bush, Mainz, Germany, Feb. 23, 2005 |
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